AMD Radeon 840M vs Intel Arc A530M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded database does not contain any direct head-to-head benchmark results between the AMD Radeon 840M and the Intel Arc A530M. The head-to-head benchmark array is empty, and neither GPU has a wins tally in direct comparisons. This means a conventional score-by-score matchup cannot be constructed from the available data.

However, the Intel Arc A530M has two recorded benchmark scores in the database. It scores 49,735 in Geekbench OpenCL and 43,492 in Geekbench Vulkan. Its average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 46,614. The AMD Radeon 840M, by contrast, has no benchmark entries in the database. Its average benchmark score is recorded as 0, and its percentile rank against all GPUs is 50. The Arc A530M sits at the 85th percentile against all GPUs. That percentile gap is the clearest quantitative separation available: the Intel part ranks in the upper portion of all recorded GPUs, while the AMD IGP sits at the median.

The Arc A530M's nearest rivals provide context for its performance tier. Its average score of 46,614 places it essentially level with the AMD Radeon RX 5600M, which averages 46,601, a delta of 0%. It is also nearly identical to the AMD Radeon RX 6550M, which averages 46,702, a delta of -0.2% (the Arc trails by two-tenths of a percent). Against the NVIDIA RTX A2000, the Arc leads by 1.2%, with the RTX A2000 averaging 46,043. Against the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation, the Arc leads by 1.4%, with that card averaging 45,972. These deltas are small, indicating the Arc A530M performs in a tightly clustered band around these mobile and workstation parts.

For the Radeon 840M, the absence of benchmark entries means no nearest rivals are listed and no percentile deltas can be computed against the Intel part. The only quantitative anchor is its 50th percentile placement, which suggests it occupies the middle of the database's GPU distribution, far below the Arc A530M's 85th percentile.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural lineages. The AMD Radeon 840M uses the RDNA 3.5 architecture and is built on the Krackan Point chip. It belongs to the Navi III IGP generation for Strix Point Mobile. The Intel Arc A530M uses the Xe-HPG architecture on the DG2-256 chip, part of the Alchemist generation under the Arc 5 Mobile family.

Manufacturing processes differ substantially. The AMD part is fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The Intel part uses a 6 nm process, also at TSMC. The Intel chip has a recorded transistor count of 11,500 million on a die size of 269 mm², giving a transistor density of 42.8 million transistors per square millimeter. The AMD chip's transistor count and die size are listed as unknown, so no density comparison is possible.

Compute resources are heavily skewed toward the Intel part. The Arc A530M has 1,536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units. It also carries 12 ray tracing cores. The Radeon 840M has 256 shading units, 16 TMUs, and 8 ROPs, with only 4 ray tracing cores. The Intel GPU thus has 6 times the shading units, 6 times the TMUs, 6 times the ROPs, and 3 times the ray tracing cores of the AMD IGP.

Clock behavior also differs. The Radeon 840M has a base clock of 400 MHz and a boost clock of 2,900 MHz. The Arc A530M has a base clock of 900 MHz and a boost of 1,300 MHz. The AMD part boosts much higher, but the Intel part starts from a higher base. Memory clocks are recorded differently: the Radeon uses system shared memory with no dedicated clock, while the Arc runs its GDDR6 at 1,750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A530M wins on raw throughput metrics by wide margins. Its pixel rate is 62.40 GPixel/s versus 23.20 GPixel/s for the AMD part, a 2.7 times advantage. Its texture rate is 124.8 GTexel/s versus 46.40 GTexel/s, a 2.7 times advantage. Its FP32 compute is 3.994 TFLOPS versus 1,484.8 GFLOPS (1.4848 TFLOPS) for the AMD, roughly 2.7 times higher. The Arc's FP16 throughput is 7.987 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the AMD part's FP16 is equal to its FP32 at 1,484.8 GFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio.

Memory bandwidth favors the Intel part decisively. The Arc A530M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s. The Radeon 840M uses system shared memory with bandwidth listed as system dependent. That means the AMD GPU's memory throughput cannot be stated as a fixed number, but the Intel GPU's dedicated 224.0 GB/s is a fixed, measured quantity that does not depend on system configuration.

The Radeon 840M wins on power efficiency characteristics. Its thermal design power is 15 W, while the Arc A530M is rated at 65 W. The AMD part also boosts to 2,900 MHz, more than double the Arc's 1,300 MHz boost, which indicates a very different design philosophy: a low-power integrated GPU relying on high clocks within a tight power envelope, versus a higher-power discrete-class mobile GPU with more execution resources at moderate clocks.

The Arc A530M's benchmark presence gives it the only recorded performance data. Its 49,735 OpenCL score and 43,492 Vulkan score place it above the median GPU, and its nearest rivals all fall within a narrow band around 46,000 average score. The Radeon 840M has no recorded wins in any benchmark category simply because no benchmark results exist for it in the database.

Specification Differences

The two parts differ in nearly every tracked specification field.

Process node: AMD uses 4 nm, Intel uses 6 nm, both at TSMC.

Transistors: Intel is 11,500 million; AMD is unknown.

Die size: Intel is 269 mm²; AMD is unknown.

Transistor density: Intel is 42.8M per mm²; AMD is not recorded.

Base clock: AMD 400 MHz, Intel 900 MHz.

Boost clock: AMD 2,900 MHz, Intel 1,300 MHz.

Memory size: AMD system shared, Intel 8 GB GDDR6.

Memory bus: AMD system shared, Intel 128 bit.

Memory bandwidth: AMD system dependent, Intel 224.0 GB/s.

Shading units: AMD 256, Intel 1,536.

TMUs: AMD 16, Intel 96.

ROPs: AMD 8, Intel 48.

Ray tracing cores: AMD 4, Intel 12.

Pixel rate: AMD 23.20 GPixel/s, Intel 62.40 GPixel/s.

Texture rate: AMD 46.40 GTexel/s, Intel 124.8 GTexel/s.

FP32: AMD 1,484.8 GFLOPS, Intel 3.994 TFLOPS.

FP16: AMD 1,484.8 GFLOPS (1:1), Intel 7.987 TFLOPS (2:1).

TDP: AMD 15 W, Intel 65 W.

Bus interface: both PCIe 4.0 x8.

DirectX: both 12 Ultimate (12_2).

OpenGL: both 4.6.

Vulkan: both 1.4.

Display outputs: both portable device dependent.

Slot width: both IGP.

Release date: AMD 2025-02-28, Intel 2023-07-31.

Predecessor: AMD lists Navi II IGP; Intel has none.

Production status: both Active.

The AMD part has no launch MSRP recorded, and neither does the Intel part.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher FP32 compute?

A: The Intel Arc A530M, at 3.994 TFLOPS, versus 1,484.8 GFLOPS for the AMD Radeon 840M.

Q: How much memory bandwidth does the Intel Arc A530M have?

A: 224.0 GB/s from 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, running at 1,750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the AMD Radeon 840M's memory configuration?

A: It uses system shared memory for both capacity and type, with bandwidth listed as system dependent.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare on power draw?

A: The AMD Radeon 840M has a 15 W TDP, while the Intel Arc A530M has a 65 W TDP.

Q: What benchmark scores does the Intel Arc A530M have?

A: 49,735 in Geekbench OpenCL and 43,492 in Geekbench Vulkan, with an average score of 46,614 across all recorded tests.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon 840M have any recorded benchmark scores?

A: No benchmark entries exist for it in the database; its average benchmark score is recorded as 0.

Q: How does the Intel Arc A530M compare to its nearest rivals?

A: It is level with the AMD Radeon RX 5600M at 0% delta, trails the AMD Radeon RX 6550M by -0.2%, and leads the NVIDIA RTX A2000 by 1.2% and the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation by 1.4%.

The Verdict

The data indicates two GPUs in different performance classes. The Intel Arc A530M has recorded benchmark results, an 85th percentile ranking, and a 2.7 times advantage in pixel rate, texture rate, and FP32 compute over the AMD part. It also has dedicated GDDR6 memory with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, 8 GB capacity, and more than 6 times the shading units of the Radeon 840M. Its nearest rivals cluster within 1.4% of its average score, confirming it sits in a well-established midrange mobile GPU tier.

The AMD Radeon 840M, by contrast, has no benchmark entries and no average score. Its 50th percentile placement is the only performance indicator, and that is well below the Intel part's 85th percentile. What the AMD GPU does offer is a dramatically lower 15 W TDP, a much higher 2,900 MHz boost clock, and a smaller 4 nm process node. Those characteristics point to a design for power-constrained integrated use, where the 65 W Intel part would not fit.

Users who need fixed, measurable graphics performance in the range of the Arc A530M's recorded scores should look to the Intel part. Users constrained to a 15 W power envelope and an integrated form factor have only the AMD Radeon 840M as the viable option between these two, since the Arc A530M's 65 W TDP excludes it from that class. The choice is therefore driven by power limits versus raw throughput, and the recorded data only supports performance claims for the Intel GPU.